Device for measuring and cutting fabrics.



GROUT. DEVICE FOR MEASURING AND CUTTING FABRICS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 23, 1914- Patented Mar. 23, 1915 F INVENTOR ATTO R N EY citizen of the United States,

in the county of Muscatme and UNITED STATES PATENT orrion.

HARRY K. eaou'r, or museums, IOWA,

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 23, 1915.

Applicaticn filed January 23, 1914. Serial No. 813,930.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY K. GROUT, a residing at Muscatine, State of Iowa,.h ave invented a new and useful Device for Measuring and Cutting Fabrics, of which the followingis aspecifica- .tion. a

The invention relates to improvements in devices for. measuring and cutting ribbon, cloth and other fabrics. g

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of measuring and cutting devices, and to minimize the waste resulting from cutting and measuring such material, and to provide a simple, inexpensive and efficient device of strong and durable construction, mounted upon a counter or similar support, and capable of being easily operated and of enabling cloth, ribbon and the like to be cut off squarely and with greater rapidity than can be done with hand scissors.

With these and other objects in view, the invention. consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of construction, within the scope of the claim, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a measuring and cutting dev1ce,'constructed in accordance with this invention.' 'Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of one end of the device. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view on the line 33 of Fig.2.

4 Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawing.

In the accompanying drawing in which is.

illustrated the preferred embodiment'of the invention, 1 designates an oblong table provided with legs or supports 2 designed to be secured upon a counter 3, as illustrated adapted to be readily 1 is'provided at intervals with raised transverse lines or edges 4, extending entirely across the table and adapted to be conveniently formed by. metallic strips embedded n groovesor recesses 5, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2 of the-drawing. These transverse lines or edges 4, which may be of any desired number, correspond with scale graduations f a longitudinal guide 7 consisting of a, bar or strip of metal secured to andextending. along the front edge-of the table and above the upper face thereof andabove the projecting lines or edges 4, which CQIIG. spond with] the scale 'graduations of the straight edge or guide 7 The guide ispreferably located at the front or outer edge of the table'in order that the aduations may be visible to customers, an the raised lines or edges enable the said graduations to be readily located by touch so that a fabric or ribbon may be accurately measured without and it cooperates with an upper cutting edge 12 of a'stationary blade 13 fixed to the a jacent edge of the table by screws or other 1 suitable fastening devices and extending entirely across the same. The stationary blade, which has its side faces arranged in a vertical lane, is pierced by and forms a 'support or the pivot 9, and its upper edge is beveled at the inner side to provide an upper cutting edge.

The movable cutting blade 10 is normally supported in an elevated position above the top of the table inconvenient position for instant use by a coiled spring 14, disposed on arod-15, which connectsthe lower arm 11 with a treadle 1-6. The coiled spring is interposed between a fixed screw eye 17 and the arm 11, and is adapted also to maintain the treadle normally in an elevated position, as illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawing, and when the treadle 16 is depressed to operate the movable cutter, the spring 1 1 is com-- pressed and is adapted to elevate the treadle and the movable cutter when the said treadle range the fabric against the straight edge or' guide- 7. This will enable the proper amount of material to be rapidly and accurately measured, .and the measured portion may be instantly severed from the bolt or bundle by depressing the treadle, 'the movable cutter making a perfectly square cut and minimizing any loss or waste of mate' rial due to cutting. a

While the cutting edge of the blade 10 is shown straight in the accompanying draw ing, it may be curved longitudinally to present a convex cutting edge. This will increase the angle between thecutting edge of the blade 10 and the cutting edge of the 'coacting stationary blade and will enable an easier cutting of the material to be efiected;

. sponding therewith, and

What is claimed is A device for measuring and cuttin'g 'fabrics comprising a table provided at intervals with transverse grooves, thin transverse strips seated in the grooves and projecting above the upper. face of the table to form raised transverse edges which extend entirely across the table from the front edge to the rear edge of the same, a longitudinal guide plate secured to andextending along the rear edge of the table and projecting above the same and also above the said raised transverse edges to form a continuous guide for the material the full length of the table, said longitudinal plate being located at the rear ends of the raised edges and provided with scale graduations correcutting mechanism extending across one end of thetable and arranged to sever the materiaL as the same leaves the said guide plate.

- In testimony, that I; claim the foregoing as my own, I have-hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

' HARRY K. GROUT.

Witnesses:

- rJmP. INGRAM,

TURNER." 

